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  • Two Palestinian gunmen killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

    Two Palestinian gunmen killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

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    Ramallah: Two Palestinians were killed on Wednesday during fierce clashes with Israeli soldiers in the town of Qabatiya near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

    A video on social media showed the bodies of the two young men whowere shot dead, reports Xinhua news agency.

    Local sources and witnesses said that a troop of Israeli soldiers backed by armoured vehicles stormed Qabatiya to arrest Palestinians wanted by Israeli security forces for alleged involvement in attacks against the Jewish state

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    They added that heavy clashes and fire exchanges took place in the town between Palestinian militants and Israeli soldiers.

    Explosions and intensive gunfire were heard in the town.

    The witnesses also said that a third Palestinian was seriously injured and was arrested by the Israeli soldiers before they pulled out from the town.

    Since early January, the Israeli army has been carrying out daily raids on Palestinian towns, villages, and refugee camps to arrest Palestinians allegedly involved in attacks against Israel.

    The Palestinian Ministry of Health said more than 100 Palestinians have been killed since.

    Meanwhile, 19 Israelis were killed during the same period.

    The raids in Qabatiya town came amid growing tension between Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip, which had resulted in the deaths of 15 Palestinians, including five terrorists.

    (Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)



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  • Israel forces demolishes Palestinian school in West Bank

    Israel forces demolishes Palestinian school in West Bank

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    Tel Aviv: Israeli forces on Sunday demolished a Palestinian school in the occupied West Bank under the pretext it was built in Area C without a permit, Anadolu Agency reported.

    Accompanied by a bulldozer and trucks, forces demolished the school named Challenge 5. The surrounding Palestinian residential community of Jib al-Dib, east of Bethlehem, was also raided.

    This led to clashes between Palestinian youth and the occupation forces. While young men threw stones and set tires on fire, the Israeli forces retaliated by firing tear gas and stun grenades.

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    European Union (which funded the construction of the school) condemned the Israeli move as illegal.

    Earlier, a right-wing Israeli organization had submitted a petition against the school claiming the Palestinians had “conquered” the land.

    The European Union Delegation to the Palestinians, on its official Twitter account, said the demolition was “illegal under international law” and would “only increase the suffering of the Palestinian population and further escalate an already tense environment.”

    The school was established in 2017, and it consists of five classrooms, and it serves students up to the fourth grade, and 81 students enroll in it, and it is built of bricks and roofed with tin panels.

    The Israeli authorities prevent construction or land reclamation in Area C without permits, which are almost impossible to obtain, according to Palestinians and international human rights reports.

    The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is considered occupied territory under international law, which makes all Israeli demolitions and settlement construction there illegal.

    The Oslo Accords (1993) classified the lands of the West Bank into 3 areas— “A” under full Palestinian control, “B” under Israeli security and Palestinian administrative civil control, and “C” under Israeli civil, administrative and security control.



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  • 290 Palestinian homes demolished by Israel during Q1 of 2023

    290 Palestinian homes demolished by Israel during Q1 of 2023

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    The Israeli occupation authorities demolished 290 Palestinian homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem during the first quarter of 2023.

    This came in a report issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory.

    As a result, 413 people—including 194 children—have been forced to flee their homes, while more than 11,000 others have had difficulties with their access to services or their ability to support themselves.

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    The number of structures targeted in the first quarter of 2023 increased by 46 per cent compared to the same period in 2022, which already saw the highest number of demolitions recorded in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since 2016.

    The incident that led to the demolition of most of the buildings took place on February 27 in the town of Livjem in Nablus, when 15 buildings were demolished under the pretext of not having the necessary permits.

    It is reported that, the incident that affected the largest number of people occurred on January 23, when the Israeli authorities shut down a water well under construction in Habla (Qalqilya) in Area B, without prior notification.

    As a result, a total of 8,000 Palestinians from 1,300 families in three nearby villages were affected.

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  • Two Palestinian gunmen killed by Israeli forces in Tulkarm

    Two Palestinian gunmen killed by Israeli forces in Tulkarm

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    Two Palestinian gunmen were killed on Saturday by the Israeli occupation forces during the storming of the Nur Shams camp in Tulkarm, in the northern West Bank, Palestinian media reported.

    The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated, “Two martyrs, shot by the occupation, arrived at Dr Thabet Governmental Hospital, in addition to a stable injury in the extremities, as a result of the Israeli occupation’s aggression in Tulkarm.”

    Hamas announced on Saturday, as reported by Safa News Agency, that the martyrs of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank are members of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the movement’s military wing.

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    The two Qassami martyrs were identified as Hamza Khrewish and Samer Al-Shafei, both 22 years old.

    Al-Shafei was shot in the neck, chest and abdomen, and Khrewish was shot in the chest, abdomen and left foot.

    As per a report by AFP, the Israeli army said that the pair were “involved in the shooting attack in Avnei Heftz on May 2, 2023 during which an Israeli civilian was injured”.

    The Israeli army had confiscated two M-16 rifles, military vests, and magazines during the storming in Tulkarm.

    For months, the Israeli army has been carrying out operations in the northern West Bank, Nablus, and Jenin under the pretext of pursuing wanted persons.

    It is noteworthy that 110 martyrs, including 20 children and two women, have been killed by the Israeli occupation forces and settlers since the start of this year.



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  • Palestinian President Abbas arrives in Saudi Arabia

    Palestinian President Abbas arrives in Saudi Arabia

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    Riyadh: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday for talks in response to an official invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

    He was received upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport, Deputy Governor of Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region, Prince Badr bin Sultan, and a number of officials.

    President Abbas is accompanied on this visit by the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein Al-Sheikh, and the head of the Palestinian Intelligence Service, Majed Faraj.

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    Abbas will hold meetings with its leaders about the Palestinian issue and Arab relations, and what the Palestinian people are suffering from, and Jerusalem is among the priorities of the dialogue.

    Abbas will talk at length with King Salman and Crown Prince “about the Zionist crime in Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the suffering of the Palestinian people in terms of killing, displacement, and blowing up and demolishing homes.”

    On Friday night, April 14, Saudi Arabia hosted a “consultative meeting” in which the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the Sultanate of Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, and the diplomatic advisor to the UAE President Anwar Gargash participated, condemning “Israel’s illegal practices that undermine the two-state solution and attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

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  • Israeli govt tweet scolding Palestinian kids playing football at Al-Aqsa Mosque

    Israeli govt tweet scolding Palestinian kids playing football at Al-Aqsa Mosque

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    Israeli govt tweet scolding Palestinian kids playing football at Al-Aqsa Mosque

    Tel Aviv: An Israeli foreign ministry tweeted the video scolding Palestinian kids for playing football on the grounds of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

    On April 9, Israeli foreign ministry took to Twitter and wrote, “What is happening right now at Al-Aqsa? Following the evening payers of #Ramzan many youngsters entered the Masque & closed the doors, for no reason.

    “Meanwhile, soccer matches are being held just next to the Mosque. Is this how the sanctity of the place is being maintained?,” Israeli foreign ministry added.

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    The tweet caused an uproar on social media platforms with people pointing out the hypocrisy of bringing up ‘sanctity’ a week after Israeli forces attacked worshippers.

    One of the Twitter user wrote, “Is this your lame excuse to beat the worshippers up violently, during the holy month of #Ramadan? The irony is so thick! You talk about sanctity while disregarding Palestinian lives.”

    Another user shared a video of Israeli settlers beating worshippers in Al Aqsa Mosque and wrote, “Who authorizes you to treat Muslims in this way?  While they were performing prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque, your forces entered them and assaulted them, violating the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

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  • Israel extends closure of Palestinian territories amid tensions

    Israel extends closure of Palestinian territories amid tensions

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    Jerusalem: Israel has announced that all crossing points of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip would remain closed until Thursday for security reasons.

    Entry permits to Israel for working purposes or for Ramadan prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem during the period will be canceled, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement issued by Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Saturday.

    It was decided upon “an operational situation assessment” that the closure, originally planned to be lifted overnight on Saturday, will be in place until the end of the week-long Jewish holiday of Passover, according to the statement.

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    Gallant also instructed the defense establishment to allocate more resources and soldiers to enforce the activities of the Israeli police.

    The decision came after two deadly attacks which Israel deemed as acts of terror by Palestinians. On Friday, two British-Israeli sisters were killed and their mother seriously injured in a drive-by shooting attack in the West Bank Jordan Valley. At night, an Arab citizen of Israel rammed his car at a group of tourists at Tel Aviv’s coastal promenade, killing an Italian tourist and injuring seven others.

    Tensions have been high in the region following Israeli police raids at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, triggering clashes with Palestinian worshippers, and sparking a fresh round of cross-border strikes between Israel and Gaza militants earlier this week.

    Israel seized the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the 1967 Middle East war and has continued to control these territories, where Palestinians hope to establish their future state.

    (Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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  • Israel passes law allowing police to search Palestinian homes without court orders

    Israel passes law allowing police to search Palestinian homes without court orders

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    Israeli parliament (Knesset) on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, passed a bill that would allow police officers to storm and search Palestinian homes for illegal weapons without the need for court orders.

    The law’s goal is to fight crime in the Arab community, and it will allow police to search Arab buildings without a court order.

    According to Haaretz, the provisional rule will be in effect for one year. The law was proposed by lawmakers from the coalition and opposition parties, including the six members from the opposition Yisrael Beiteinu.

    The law allows Israeli police to enter and search premises without a court order, although permission from an officer of the rank of superintendent or higher must be obtained.

    This operation will be documented according to standard police procedures.

    The law also provides for prison terms of up to 10 years as well as fines for those caught with illegal weapons or key parts of weapons.

    The penalty is for anyone found guilty of “manufacturing, importing or exporting illegal weapons”. The weapon will also be confiscated.

    In this context, lawyer and jurist Moaz Abu Arshaid stresses that “racism lies in the way this law is implemented.”

    Abu Arshaid explained, in an interview with Al-Araby from occupied Jerusalem, that “in the past, Israeli soldiers were allowed  to search homes by a judge’s decision, and in rare cases, it was allowed to enter the house, provided that there was a fleeing person inside.”

    According to lawyer Abu Arsheed, the new law will apply to everyone under the title “Combating Crime in Arab Society.”

    The lawyer also explains that what is dangerous in this law is that it enables the police to enter a person’s home without him being accused or connected to any file.

    The move follows a similar law proposed in 2021 by former Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar that only passed the first Knesset vote.

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  • 953 Palestinian homes demolished by Israel in 2022

    953 Palestinian homes demolished by Israel in 2022

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    Ramallah: Israeli authorities demolished 953 Palestinian homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2022, the highest number in seven years, said a European Union (EU) report.

    “More than 80 per cent of the demolished buildings are located in Area C, and 28,446 people have been displaced and affected as a result of the demolitions,” said the report issued on Tuesday by the EU mission in the Palestinian territories.

    “The demolitions were carried out under the pretext of building without a permit, which is almost impossible for Palestinians to obtain in Area C and East Jerusalem,” the report explained.

    It added that the demolitions also included buildings in areas classified as “A” and “B” on “punitive” grounds.

    The Oslo accords signed between Israel and Palestine in the 1990s classify the West Bank into three areas: Areas A, B, and C.

    Area A is under the full control of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Area B is jointly controlled by the PA and Israel, while Area C is under full Israeli security control.

    The EU report said that “101 of the demolished buildings were funded by the EU or its member states at a value of 337,000 euros”.

    There was an increase in the number of buildings demolished by their owners in East Jerusalem, upon an Israeli request, from 34 per cent in 2021 to 51 per cent in 2022, it added.

    Israeli authorities did not comment on the EU report.

    (Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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  • Israeli min says ‘no such thing’ as Palestinian people; Arab nations condemn

    Israeli min says ‘no such thing’ as Palestinian people; Arab nations condemn

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    During an event held in the French capital of Paris on Sunday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also heads the Religious Zionist Party, said “there’s no such thing as Palestinians because there’s no such thing as a Palestinian people”.

    He made the remarks on a stage that featured a map of “Greater Israel” that included the territory of modern-day Jordan and the occupied Palestinian territories in accordance with hardline aspirations by some early Zionist groups.

    His remarks drew flak from several Arab countries including Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, and Egypt.

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    “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s condemnation and denunciation of the offensive and racist statements issued by an official at the Israeli occupation government against the State of #Palestine and its brotherly people,” Saudi foreign minister tweeted.

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    Lebanon foreign ministry tweeted, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemns the racist statements recently issued by the Israeli Minister of Finance and his denial of the existence of the Palestinian people and the sovereignty and independence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

    “The Ministry calls on the international community to take deterrent measures and reject deliberately provocative statements aimed at undermining a peaceful solution,” it added.

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    Jordan foreign ministry on Monday summoned the Israeli Ambassador in Amman to protest Smotrich’s “provocative acts”.

    The ministry affirmed “the Jordanian government’s condemnation of the racist, inciting and extremist statements towards the brotherly Palestinian people, their right to exist, and their historical rights in their independent state.”

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    The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday announced that it would demand the International Criminal Court to arrest Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, in response to statements in which he said that “there is no such thing as a Palestinian people.”

    The ministry said, “We are following with utmost interest the irresponsible and inflammatory statements of the hateful and racist terrorist minister, stemming from hatred, terrorism, hatred, and the claim of racial superiority of the Jews, at the expense of the rest of the world’s peoples, particularly the Palestinian people.”

    “We will ask the International Criminal Court to move immediately to issue arrest warrants against this racist terrorist who violated all laws and committed, with his statements, what deserves a decision to arrest him immediately,” it added.

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    The UAE foreign ministry on Tuesday affirmed that, “the UAE’s rejection of incitement rhetoric and all practices that contradict moral and human values ​​and principles.”

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    “A statement of condemnation and denunciation of the State of Kuwait for the racist and provocative statements made by an official of the Israeli occupation government, towards the brotherly Palestinian people and the borders of the brotherly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,” Kuwait’s foreign ministry tweeted on Wednesday.

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    Qatar on Tuesday strongly condemns the Israeli Finance Minister’s denial of Palestinians’ existence, using an Israeli map containing Jordanian borders, and occupied Palestinian territories.

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    Egypt’s ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson tweeted on Monday, “The statements of the Israeli Minister of Finance regarding the denial of the existence of the Palestinian people are inflammatory and unacceptable because they carry racist gestures that deny the facts of history and geography, and fuel feelings of anger and congestion among the masses of the Palestinian people, and even the peoples of the free world and those with living consciences around the world.

    The Israeli minister’s remarks came after a five-way meeting hosted by the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh and included Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Palestine and the United States, and ended with announcing “the need to achieve calm on the ground and prevent further violence.”

    These developments come at a time when tensions have escalated sharply across the occupied West Bank in recent months, amid repeated Israeli military raids on Palestinian towns.

    About 90 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the beginning of 2023, according to Palestinian data, while 14 Israelis were killed in separate attacks during the same period.



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